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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Hunker Down With History — The greatest mistake Israel could make at the moment is to forget that Israel itself is a mistake. It is an honest mistake, a well-intentioned mistake, a mistake for which no one is culpable, but the idea of creating a nation of European Jews in an area of Arab Muslims …
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Pamela / Atlas Shrugs:
STAND WITH ISRAEL RALLY NYC OVERWHELMING — In a word. Unbelievable. Tens of thousands of regular folks, all walks of life, came out to Stand with Israel. And stand they did. In broiling heat, the young, old, Jewish, Christian, chanted their support for Israel. It was gorgeous.
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Ynetnews:
3 reserves brigades called up — Defense ministry approves draft Monday night. Reserves to take over in Judea and Samaria, regular forces to move north — Hanan Greenberg — Defense Minister Amir Peretz approved Monday night the draft of three reserves brigades - infantry and engineers.
Haaretz:
Series of rockets strike towns across the north — Hezbollah fired more than 50 rockets at Israel on Monday, including a barrage which landed after 10 P.M. in the northern towns of Safed, Rosh Pina, Tzivon, Sakhnin, Hatzur Haglilit and Peki'in. — Five people were wounded in the rocket barrage …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Despite Joint Statement on Mideast, Strains Emerge as U.S. Supports Israel's Campaign — STRELNA, Russia, July 16 — The Bush administration on Sunday appeared to give Israel tacit approval to cripple Hezbollah, casting the widening conflict in the Middle East in terms of a wider war on terrorism.
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:Khamenei Announces Hezbollah Plans, and the (Non-) Reacton of American Appeasers
Andrew G. Bostom / The American Thinker:There are short-term reasons behind the attacks on Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:More rockets on Haifa; can/will Lebanon confront Hezbollah?
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Jim Bronskill / torontosun.com:
No-fly list to ignore terror ties — Belonging to group won't be enough to be deemed air threat — OTTAWA — Being a member of a terrorist organization won't necessarily land someone on Canada's no-fly list, The Canadian Press has learned. — Proposed criteria would limit inclusion …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Friendly skies: Canada greenlights terrorists for air travel — Not an exaggeration. I understand that racial profiling can be abused, I understand that the U.S. watch list is a bit, shall we say, overinclusive. But, um... It's every joke you've ever heard about Canadian politeness, times a million:
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Up to 48 Iraqis Killed in Attack on Market — BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 17 — Dozens of gunmen went on a chaotic rampage through a mostly Shiite market area in the town of Mahmudiya today, killing at least 48 civilians and injuring scores by firing off assault rifles, heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:Military-Style Assault Kills Dozens in Iraqi Marketplace
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David S. Joachim / New York Times:
For CBS's Fall Lineup, Check Inside Your Refrigerator — IN September, CBS plans to start using a new place to advertise its fall television lineup: your breakfast. — The network plans to announce today that it will place laser imprints of its trademark eye insignia …
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
NOT EQUAL: — At Tapped, Matt Yglesias writes that Hezbollah's rocket strikes, as compared with Israel's bombing of Lebanon, are "equally indefensible." Equally? Hezbollah began the crisis with an act of war that included a cross-border incursion and a kidnapping.
Rich Karlgaard / Digital Rules:
Where Is The "Netroots Left" On Israel? — Missing in action. — First a bit of background. The so-called Netroots Left, led by Markos Moulitsas of the popular Daily Kos, wants to be a player in American politics. As a test case, the Kossacks are throwing their weight behind political …
Dan Gilgoff / US News:
Dean's List — The Democratic chair plans to fight in every one of the 50 states. Is this shrewd strategy or a recipe for disaster? — DIAMONDHEAD, MISS.—Here's what the front line of Howard Dean's revolution looks like: two dozen senior citizens seated inside this gated community's …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
The End of the Affair — NOVAK EXONERATES THE BUSHIES IN THE PLAME CASE. — Listen to the MP3 audio version of this story here, or sign up for Slate's free daily podcast on iTunes. — Robert Novak's July 12 column and his appearance on Meet the Press Sunday night have dissolved …
Malia Rulon / Cincinnati Enquirer:
Boehner sees difference in coffin TV ads — Inside Washington — WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester, called on Democrats last week to pull a TV ad that shows images of flag-draped caskets of U.S. soldiers, calling the spot "outrageous."
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